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+---
+# Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# This playbook will create directories needed by the local-directories helm
+# chart that will be turned into k8s PersistentVolumes
+#
+# For dev use only - use real volumes/disks in production
+
+- hosts: all
+  become: yes
+
+  vars:
+    helm_values_file: ./values.yaml
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: Read yaml from helm_values_file
+      set_fact:
+        helm_values: "{{ lookup('file', helm_values_file) | from_yaml }}"
+
+    - name: Create directories on nodes
+      when: item.host == ansible_hostname
+      file:
+        path: "{{ item.directory }}"
+        state: directory
+        owner: root
+        group: root
+        mode: 0755
+      with_items: "{{ helm_values.volumes }}"
+